Cabinet clears free registration of pattas for 25,600 Sardar Sarovar oustee families

Bhopal: The state cabinet, chaired by CM Mohan Yadav, on Tuesday approved free registration of residential land pattas allotted to families displaced by the Sardar Sarovar Project in the Narmada Valley, extending long-awaited legal ownership to more than 25,600 households.Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting, minister for MSME Chaitanya Kashyap explained, "Families displaced by the Sardar Sarovar Project, mainly tribals, were given land pattes. The cabinet on Tuesday decided to register these pattas for these families free of cost. This would mean a financial burden of Rs 600 crore for the exchequer." He further said that these families are spread over eight assembly constituencies of which four have Congress MLAs including Gandhwani – the assembly seat of LOP Umang Singhar. "However, without any discrimination, the govt will register the pattas for these families in Dhar, Badwani and Alirajpur districts."A state govt release said, "As per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), the registration fee and stamp duty payable will be reimbursed by the Narmada Valley Development Authority. More than 25,600 families will benefit from this decision." In another decision, the cabinet approved two irrigation projects in the Maihar and Katni districts at a total cost of Rs 620.65 crore. Under this approval, the Dhanwahi Micro Pressure Irrigation Project in Maihar and Katni districts has been sanctioned at an estimated expenditure of Rs 53.73 crore. This project will provide irrigation facilities over 3,500 hectares and benefit 2,810 farmers from nine villages in the two districts. The Barhi Micro Lift Irrigation Project in Katni district has been approved at a cost of Rs 566.92 crore. This project will benefit 11, 500 farmers from 27 villages in the Barhi and Vijayraghavgarh tehsils in Katni district, minister Chaitanya Kashyap argued. Irrigation facilities will be extended over an area of 20,000 hectares, he said. The cabinet also approved an outlay of more than Rs 15,009 crore for the continuation of 10 schemes of six departments from fiscal years 2026–27 to 2030–31. As per the approval, Rs 115.06 crore has been sanctioned for eight schemes of the finance department. The cabinet approved Rs 5,000 crore for the Mukhya mantri Jan Kalyan (Sambal 2.0) Scheme of the labour dept. Another Rs 3,376.66 crore has been sanctioned for the Legislative Assembly Constituency Election Scheme and Establishment and Office Schemes of the Planning, Economics and Statistics Dept. Additionally, Rs 6,472.18 crore has been approved for the Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Kamdhenu Scheme, Veterinary Science University Jabalpur Block Grant Scheme, Cow Conservation Scheme of the animal husbandry and dairy department, Rs 24.70 crore has been sanctioned for the Adolescent Welfare Fund Scheme and the Assistance Scheme for Victims of Domestic Violence under the women and child development department and Rs 21 crore has been approved for the Minority Self-Employment/Enterprise Scheme of the Backward Classes and Minority Welfare Department. In yet another decision, the cabinet approved the dissolution of the Madhya Pradesh State Social Welfare Board and the absorption of its employees into the Women and Child Development Department.